Young Guns 7 winner Timothy Goodman was recently interviewed by the Sharpie Blog about his sharpie-heavy Valentine’s Tweet-a-thon project and how he became a jack-of-all-trades. “In the beginning, I was a laborer, hauling buckets of wallpaper glue up ladders for 12-15 hours a day. That taught me an unruly work ethic. Later, it showed me how fortunate I am to be doing what I love, and how lucky I am to do it in New York. I try not to take any of it for granted. The way I see it right now, being a designer is a duty, not a career choice,” said Tim. Read the interview in full here.

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-TP